Hermès // CSR Extract 2023

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FUNCTIONING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

3.5 FUNCTIONING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

3.5.3

INFORMATION AND TRAINING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD SUPERVISORY BOARD’S MASTER FILE

the Hermès Group code of business conduct (Hermès Group guidelines); s anti‑corruption code of conduct; s professional whistleblowing system notice; s ethics charter of the Hermès Group; s presentations of Hermès International and Émile Hermès SAS; s the annotated Articles of Association; s the Afep‑Medef Corporate Governance Code revised in December 2022. s

3.5.3.1

Since 2011, a “master file” has been provided to the members of the Supervisory Board. This master file has been available since 2016 on the Board’s collaborative platform, Herboard (see § 3.5.3.2). It currently contains the following sections: a list with contact details of the members of the Executive Committee, Supervisory Board, Statutory Auditors and the Board secretary; s

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This master file is updated on a regular basis.

a table of the dates of terms of office; s the Supervisory Board rules of procedure; s the Audit and Risk Committee rules of procedure; s the CAG‑CSR Committee rules of procedure; s the Hermès Group Stock Market Ethics Code; s

3.5.3.2

“HERBOARD” DIGITAL PLATFORM

Since 2016, the Supervisory Board has made use of a secure digital Board management platform hosted in France by Oodrive and customised for Hermès.

a calendar of closed periods applicable to Permanent Insiders; s the AMF Guide to Permanent Information and Management of Inside Information (DOC 2016‑08); s regulations regarding the declaration obligations of Senior Executives and registration of shares; s principles governing the allocation of compensation to Supervisory Board members; s rules on the reimbursement of expenses; s certification and summary of Corporate Officers’ civil liability insurance; s the last three registration documents/universal registration documents; s the notice of meeting for the last General Meeting; s a summary of the results of the last formal three‑year evaluation of the Supervisory Board; s presentations made during site visits since 2011 (see § 3.5.3.5); s

Dubbed “Herboard” at Hermès, the platform is accessible from a web browser or via a tablet application and can be used to: organise Board and committee meetings (scheduling of meetings, sending of meeting invitations, tracking of attendance); s provide highly secure and paperless documents relating to Board and committee meetings and to the Supervisory Board’s master file in real time ( via a username, password and confirmation code sent via SMS); s manage document permissions and track document use; s circulate minutes and reports. s Following the implementation of Herboard, an iPad® was issued to Supervisory Board members who requested one. Herboard is also available to the Statutory Auditors and the representative of the Social and Economic Committee for documents relating to Board meetings.

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